SCARAB BEETLES — CARTWRIGHT 529 



Length 14 to 17 mm., width 8 to 10 mm. Oblong-oval, convex, 

 shining, reddish brown. Clj'peus apicall}^ bidentate, the teeth 

 separated by about their basal width or a little more, surface finely 

 rugose in front, nearl}^ smooth posteriorly along the thin, sharp, 

 frontal carina which does not reach the sides. Head shallowly 

 coarsely punctate-rugose back of the carina, smooth at base. Prono- 

 tum convex, anterior angles sharp, less than a right angle, apex and 

 sides margined, sides subparallol over basal half, strongly converging 

 anteriorly, base sinuate, not margined, apical tubercle strong, de- 

 pression back of it small, moderately deep, a little less than a third 

 as long as pronotum; surface veiy coarsely, deepl}^ punctate, punc- 

 tures separated on the disc by about one diameter, along the base 

 by several diameters, fewer in front and at extreme sides. Scutellum 

 \dth a few scattered fine punctures. Elytra a little longer than 

 Avide, slightly wider posteriorly, punctures annular, deep and very 

 coaree, those of the oblique geminate striae separated bj' about one 

 diameter or less, punctures finer and closer at sides and apex, some- 

 times scattered extremely fine punctures evident tlirougliout. Py- 

 gidium with fine scattered punctures separated by three or four 

 diameters throughout, very finel}^ scabriculate at sides and base in 

 males. Undersurface somewhat hairy, the prosternal process com- 

 pletely covered apically with still hairs. Anterior tibia smootli, 

 or rarelj^ a few scattered fine punctures, remote from the longitudinal 

 row of coarse setigerous punctures. Apex of hind tibia very moder- 

 ately flaring, its apical width less thaii half tlie tibial length. Tarsi 

 possibly a little more slender than in gibhosus (DeGeer). Aedeagus 

 distinct (see fig. Q>d). 



Type: LeConte collection, Museum of Comparative Zoology, No. 

 3714. 



Type locality: Southern States, "provinciis australibus." 



Specimens examined: 234. 



Distribution: Coastal plain of Soutlieastern States, North Caro- 

 lina to Louisiana. See map (fig. 2). 



ALAPA\fA: Btilchvin Co., Fole.y, Magazine Point, Mobile Co., Monroeville, Mt. 

 Vernon, Wihner. Florida: Alachna Co., Canal Point, Clewiston, Crescent City, 

 De Funiak Springs, Dunedin, Elfers, P'nterprise, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, 

 (Gainesville, Hialeah, High Springs, Homestead, Kissimmee, Lake City, Largo, 

 I^eesburg, Levy Co., Madison Co., Marco, Melbourne, Miami, Monticello (Jef- 

 ferson Co.), Orlando, Paradise, Quincy, Sanford, Tanijm, Tarpon Springs, Welaka, 

 Winter Park. Georgia: Bainbridge, Billy's IsLand (Okefenokee Swamp), Cor- 

 dele, Newton, Screven Co., Thomasville, Waycross. Louisiana: Berwick. 

 Mississippi: Gulfport, Lucedale. North Carolina: Brunswick Co., Hamlet, 

 Long Beach, New Bern, Southern Pines, White Lake, Wilmington. South 

 Carolina: Aiken, Allendale, Beaufort, Blackville, Cayce, Charleston, Columbia, 

 Fairfax, McClellanville, Mt. Pleasant, Ridgeland, Yemassee. 



